Pete Hosey

Evil-doer
Full Name	Peter Hosey
Alias	Pete
Origin	Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Occupation	Juvenile delinquent Student (formerly) Bully
Powers / Skills	Brute strength Skilled tactician Driving skills Leadership Intimidation Deception
Goals	Get revenge on Greg and Rowley for threatening to call the cops and tease him with silly faces (book only). Get revenge on Greg and Rowley for damaging his car. (movie only; all failed). Make Rowley eat the Cheese (succeeded). Make Greg eat the Cheese (failed).
Crimes	Vandalism Trespassing Coercion Stalking (film only) Child abuse Forced intoxication Attempted murder (implied) Threats (film only) Attempted burglary (film only) Harassment
Type of Villain	Vengeful Sadist

“	ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I'M GONNA RIP OFF YOUR ARMS AND PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE WITH YOUR OWN FISTS!	„
	~ Pete threatening Greg and Rowley after Greg wrecks his truck. noicon

“	You guys have no idea what I'm gonna do to you.	„
	~ Pete before forcing Rowley to eat the cheese before he gets caught. noicon

Peter "Pete" Hosey is the main antagonist of Jeff Kinney's 2007 children's novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the first installment of the franchise of the same name and its film adaptations.

He's Greg and Rowley's arch-nemesis. He is an unnamed character in the book but in the movie his name is revealed in the climax.

He was portrayed by Nicholas Carey in the live-action film. In the animated film, he was voiced by Zeno Robinson, who also voices The Golden Guard in The Owl House, Carter Brown in Craig of the Creek, Sentibubbler in Miraculous Ladybug, and young King Andrias in Amphibia.

Biography

Pete Hosey first appears along with his friends Wade and Carter when Greg and Rowley are trick-or-treating and throws water all over the two and chases them in his truck after Greg threatens to call the police. He and his friends chase them into Greg's grandma's house, Rowley accidentally tells them that they are in there alone, amusing Hosey causing him and the others to wait outside for Greg and Rowley. When the two finally leave with power tools, they are all intimidated by this until Greg accidentally tears some of the paint off of the truck enraging Hosey. A chase ensues until Greg and Rowley run into the "Devil Worshipper Woods".

Sometime later, Pete and his friends drive past Greg and Rowley but doesn't recognize them since they were hiding with the Kindergarteners when walking them home, given their job in the school's Safety Patrol. Another day later, when Greg is walking the kids home, he thinks Pete and his friends are about to find him so he forces the kids to hide by lying to them that there's going to be an invasion of flesh eating aliens before running away. It turns out the car Greg thought to be Pete's was just another car with other people, but by doing this, Mrs. Irvine mistakes Greg for Rowley and tells Mr. Winsky about it, inadvertently leading Greg and Rowley to have a fight.

In the film's climax, Pete and his pals appear during Greg and Rowley's fight and interrupt it and force all of the students watching to scram otherwise he'd beat them up. He then gets his goons to grab Greg and Rowley wondering what to do with them. He then forces Rowley to eat the infamous cheese threatening to shove it down his throat if he didn't. Afterwards he tries to force Greg to finish off the cheese. Fortunately, Coach Malone arrives on the scene and recognizes him, causing him and his cronies to flee the scene. It's completely unknown what happened with Pete Hosey and his friends afterwards, but it's likely that they will never bother Greg and Rowley again as they have settled their score with them, nor will they approach the school again to not get in further trouble, implying they moved on.

Trivia

• Despite being the main antagonist, Pete has little screen time as well as his friends.
• In the books, a minor character named Chris Hosey is mentioned; it is unclear if they are related.
• Pete Hosey makes a cameo appearance in Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid in the chapter about the time where he and his friends forced Rowley to eat the Cheese.
• Peter Hosey is a far more fleshed out character in the movie than in the novel since he, as well as his friends, does not even have a name in the book.
  • Indeed, Pete acts like The Heavy here as his search for Greg and Rowley is what causes Greg (wearing Rowley's coat) to hide the Kindergarteners when he mistakenly assumes a car to be Pete's, which in turn led Mrs. Irvine to believe that Rowley forced the children to hide on purpose by telling them there was going to be a flesh eating aliens invasion to tease them, leading Mr. Winsky to punish Rowley and then Greg when he tells Rowley the truth. In the original book, Greg teased the Kindergarteners with real worms just for fun and therefore it was his own fault there.
  • His forcing of Greg and Rowley to eat the rotten cheese is also made much worse here as he threatened to shove the cheese down Rowley's throat despite the obvious health risks involved with such an action and, unlike the book, he was still going to force Greg to eat the cheese despite him telling them about his falsified dairy allergy, not caring that Greg could have died from this action if it had been true.